Matt Tuckey is a writer from Oldham, England. He covers celebrities, night life, Manchester, fitness, creative writing, social media, confidence and events. Some of this may, in some way, help others. Or maybe it'll just entertain you for a while.

Monday, 13 March 2017

Racing to blog everything

I'm
hella behind on blogging at the moment. I have loads to tell you.

Manchester's
Kettlebell Kitchen has updated
their rewards scheme- the stamp cards have now been replaced with an
app available on iPhones and Android... but not Windows. Fuck. I
don't blame them, to be honest. Who has Windows phones other than idiots like me?

Manchester Creatives Network
met on Tuesday night, in Northern Quarter bar
Kosmonaut.
Good meetup attended by freelance website designers, clothes shop
owners, IT specialists and some guy who claimed his uncle was a
guitarist for the Stone Roses.

One
attendee pointed me in the direction of Noble Samurai, a site designed to find key words that people are searching for but
aren't being covered online. Sounds great, but looks like there is a
cost to most of the site's functions.

Peter
Street: It looks like the shell of Bar 38 is finally being renovated,
with a new door that opens straight onto the street and a complete
design overhaul. I had a wonder around on Saturday and took these:

I
then headed onto Market Street. You can normally see street
entertainers there showing off what could debatably be called
'talent.' There should be no question with this dude though.

And
then, there's Darth Vader playing a merry little ditty on the
electric keyboard.

Well,
wouldn't you get sick of the Imperial March after a while?

I've
just finished reading Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh, a manic and somewhat
disjointed tale of drug use, affairs, a novelist who loses the plot
in more ways than one and a stomach-churning revenge-love story
revolving around a girl with a thalidomide-type condition. I enjoyed
it but felt there was a bit of an issue with the simple characters
over-expressing themselves- 'writer voice' coming through. Well worth
a read, though. I'm whipping through a load of short books at the
moment, novels I can throw in my bag and read on my way in and out of
the city, where I'm finding all this info. It's working pretty well
for me.

Would You Like to Write for Power is a State of Mind?

Here at PIASOM I'm looking for guest bloggers to get involved. I want you to:1) Tell the world about the superb city of Greater Manchester. If know of something quirky, awesome, bizzare or important happening, why not get involved?2) Show me your ideas of producing great literature. Do you perform excercises at a writing group? Do you compete in poetry slams / rap battles? Are you setting up a magazine? Tell me and get your writing seen. More info:http://powerisastateofmind.blogspot.com/2011/03/would-you-like-to-write-for-power-is.html